Its story

HIP 25996 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 25996: right ascension 5h 32m 55s, declination +52° 7′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Auriga constellation (IAU figure Aur).

HIP 25996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 25996, HD 36195, Gaia DR3 263556476231028224. In the SkyKeepsake Auriga (Aur) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.